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Thu, March 26, 2009 Epazz, Inc.: United States Patent & Trademark Office Increasing Their License Agreement With DeskFlex, Inc.
CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - March 26, 2009) - Epazz, Inc. (
[ DeskFlex ] is a [ Scheduling Software ] for conference rooms, workspaces, desks, car parking spaces, equipment, hoteling and HotDesking so office managers can accommodate the occasional needs of mobile workers while reducing the rent & facility costs. DeskFlex lets employees reserve space in advance or claim a desk right now. It adjusts the telephone switch (PBX) so that calls ring at the 'desk du jour.' DeskFlex includes check-in, point-&-click floor maps, web browser, local kiosk, Outlook integration, and conference room scheduling.
"In 2007 USPTO received two awards for their hoteling and telework programs; we are very happy to be one of their vendors," said Shaun Passley, Chairman & CEO.
Please join us to congratulate the USPTO (US Patent and Trademark Office) on two recent awards for their hoteling and telework programs.
Excellence in Telework Leadership - United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, Patents Hoteling Program
The Patents Hoteling Program (PHP) is the primary telework program for USPTO's Patent Examiners. Started in January 2006, the PHP now includes 910 participating examiners who work from home four days per week and share reserved office space one day a week on the agency's Alexandria, Virginia campus. Major PHP components include remote online access to required USPTO patent business systems, job performance tools, patent information, and patent application documentation. Examiners working from home also have access to collaborative communication technologies which enable collaboration among colleagues and supervisors. USPTO plans to have 3,000 Patent Examiners working from home, at least four days per week, by 2011.
Telework Driver Award - Deborah Cohn, Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Operations, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce
Deborah Cohn pioneered the development of the USPTO's first telework program in 1997, at a time when telework was not considered the norm in public or private sector organizations. With her foresight, creativity, and perseverance, Ms. Cohn convinced agency executives to test the concept, and forged coalitions with stakeholders, including managers, IT personnel, and the employee union. The result was creation of the innovative telework program at the USPTO called the Trademark Work At Home (TWAH) program. This program, now considered to be the gold standard for telework in the Federal government, has become an accepted telework prototype, which combines management by objective with hoteling, and results in documented space and related cost savings for the agency. Thanks to Ms. Cohn's efforts, 85% of eligible Trademark employees now work at home at least one day per week and more than 200 Trademark Examining Attorneys work at home a majority of the week and reserve space in "hoteling" offices when they come into the office. This award recognizes Ms. Cohn's contribution to the telework community for her vision, tenacity, and creativity that have transformed her initial idea into an accepted standard for business-based alternative work arrangements that support the current and future requirements of the public sector workforce.
[ The 2007 Telework Exchange Tele-Vision Awards Program ]
About DeskFlex, Inc.
DeskFlex, Inc.'s proprietary hoteling software supports the use of shared workspaces by multiple employees. Mobile workers are often absent from the office leaving their desks vacant. By establishing a pool of shared resources and a reservation system, companies can materially reduce real estate expenses by limiting the space needed for offices, desks, meeting rooms and even reserved parking spaces. DeskFlex creates an easy to navigate web site allowing employees to reserve workspace in advance and interacts with popular telephone systems to enable phone calls to be routed to the employee's temporary desk.
About Epazz, Inc.
Epazz Inc. is an enterprise-wide software company that specializes in providing customized web applications to the corporate world, higher education institutions and the public sector. Epazz BoxesOSv3.0 is the complete business web-based software package for small to mid size businesses, Fortune 500 enterprises, government agencies and higher education institutions. BoxesOS provides many of the web-based applications organizations would have to buy separately.
BoxesOS allows for employees to view announcements online. Employees are able to share documents from multiple locations throughout the world. With BoxesOS employees are able to take training courses and their supervisors are able to view the results online. Companies are able to create self-service portals for their customers to pay for their invoice and download instructions. Companies can also create self-service portals for their partners to request new marketing materials or view a demo. BoxesOS connects to companies' databases to easily bring all of their information together.
BoxesOS includes an intranet, portal, extranet, central knowledge repository, [ document management ], workflow engine, website management, web collaboration, email system, and learning management system into one complete web-based solution which connects to organizations' backend systems.
BoxesOS allows the organization to start-up by implementing elegant web-enabled information dashboards for each stakeholder group. Functionality with administrative systems can be swiftly completed using BoxesOS connectors to other back-end systems. Business applications that require upgrading can be upgraded on a prioritized basis as desired, and easily linked to BoxesOS and its personal information system.
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Certain statements contained in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking statements such as "may," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," or "continue" (or the negative thereof) or similar terminology. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risk, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from future results or implied by such forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that any forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. Epazz assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements and takes no obligation to update or correct information prepared by third parties that is not paid for by Epazz. Investors are encouraged to review Epazz's public filings on SEC.gov, including its unaudited and audited financial statements, and its Registration Statement, Form 10-K's and Form 10-Q's, which contain general business information about the Company's operations, results of operations and risks associated with the Company and its operations.
